Women Leading Stakeholder Workshop Report
Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA) held a workshop on improving practices within universities and colleges to increase female leadership on 27th May 2021. The workshop was organised as part of ESSA’s Women Leading initiative.
The workshop brought together the stakeholders that engaged and contributed to research that led to the development of ESSA’s first State of Women Leading report. The objectives of the workshop were to:
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Share ESSA’s research on the ‘State of Women in Leadership in sub-Saharan Africa’
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Engage stakeholders in ESSA’s approach to turn research evidence into action
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Co-create concept initiatives to be taken forward for development and implementation
This report provides a summary of the stakeholder workshop, including the introductory presentations of the key findings from the State of Women Leading report and the results of the breakout sessions to co-create concept initiatives.